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What you say to someone who has just sneezed, to wish them good health. English borrowed the German word as it is, and in American English especially it sits beside bless you as a friendly automatic reply. You say it to the person who sneezed, not about yourself. It is informal, warm, and a little old-fashioned or playful in some mouths; younger speakers may only know bless you. Though actually, it is not a magic spell and not a medical comment — it is social glue, like holding a door. German speakers are saying ‘health’; English speakers are mostly performing the sneeze-ritual in a German costume.
(對剛打噴嚏的人說)祝你健康。英語更常說 bless you;台灣日常較少用這句德語,有時會開玩笑說「有人在想你」。
組成Unadapted borrowing from German Gesundheit, literally ‘health,’ from gesund ‘healthy.’ That German adjective is a cousin of English sound in the old sense ‘healthy, unhurt,’ as in safe and sound, from Old English ġesund.
同家族的字
- soundthe old adjective meaning healthy or in good condition; a cousin of German gesund
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gesundheitintj/ɡəˈzʊnt.haɪt/
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Said to someone who has just sneezed.
- Everybody Was at It, and There Was No One to Say Gesundheit
- I used to play a game with David and Douggie, Dennis and Drew — stop their sneezes midsniff just by placing my pinkie finger against their nostrils and saying gesundheit before it was time.
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Said in response to a word that sounds onomatopoeically similar to a sneeze.
- Flynn: All right, Blondie. Rapunzel: Rapunzel! Flynn: Gesundheit.
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datedUsed as a toast
- Gesundheit, grandpa
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。